Stalin's role in war leadership 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryRussia - 19th and 20th centuryA2/A-levelAQA Created by: NaomiKandolaCreated on: 18-04-14 14:08 What showed Stalin as a good leader? Creation of Stavka and State Defence Committee - Crucial for organisation of the army and country 1 of 12 Good leader? began to listen to others 2 of 12 Good leader? Control of Beria/NKVD - ensured continued public support for war effort 3 of 12 Good leader? Sacked incompetent leaders - Voroshilov 4 of 12 Good leader? Re-opening churches - support from the religious population 5 of 12 Good leader? Relocation of factories - allowed for continued heavy industry production 6 of 12 Good leader? Army led by skilled generals - Zhukov 7 of 12 What showed Stalin as a bad leader? Ignored build up of German forces on the USSR boarder so there was no military response when Hitler invaded 8 of 12 Bad leader? Made big mistakes - refusal to retreat at Kharakov 1943 - lost 85000 Soviet casualties 9 of 12 Bad leader? Harsh treatment - generals who lost battles executed/ soldiers tortured & Commissars - lowered morale 10 of 12 Bad leader? He sometimes played key figures off against each other 11 of 12 Bad leader? Slow reaction to German invasion meant large parts of Eastern USSR were overrun 12 of 12
Effect of Stalinism and the struggle for power (1953-56) on Khrushchev’s government and leadership style 0.0 / 5
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